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| | ==Decommunization== | | ==Decommunization== |
| | {{Main article|Anti-Communism}} | | {{Main article|Anti-Communism}} |
| | + | [[File:Ukrainians Tear Down Lenin Statue in Kharkiv.jpg|thumbnail|380px|Coup Activists Tear Down the Statue of the [[Marxist]] [[Dictator]] and [[Tyrant]], [[Vladimir Lenin]] in [[Kharkiv]] in 2014.]] |
| | [[File:Mother Ukraine in 2023 without Marxist symbols.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Mother Ukraine statue in [[Kyiv]] in 2023 without Marxist symbols after their remotion.<ref name=Motherland/>]] | | [[File:Mother Ukraine in 2023 without Marxist symbols.jpg|thumbnail|200px|Mother Ukraine statue in [[Kyiv]] in 2023 without Marxist symbols after their remotion.<ref name=Motherland/>]] |
| | After the fall of the USRR, Ukraine has started a cultural Decommunization process.<ref name=Marples/> Since the Holodomor is present in the national memory, many ethnic Ukrainians are very [[Anticommunist]] and have torn down several statues of the [[Marxist]] [[Dictator]], [[Vladimir Lenin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/patriotic-ukrainians-tear-down-lenin-statue-116479|publisher=artnet|date=September 29, 2014|title=Patriotic Ukrainians Tear Down Lenin Statue}}</ref> or transforming them into characters. The country has removed all 1,320 statues of Lenin. Ukraine has successfully carried out the process, similar to other post-communist countries like [[Hungary]], and unlike Russia. | | After the fall of the USRR, Ukraine has started a cultural Decommunization process.<ref name=Marples/> Since the Holodomor is present in the national memory, many ethnic Ukrainians are very [[Anticommunist]] and have torn down several statues of the [[Marxist]] [[Dictator]], [[Vladimir Lenin]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/patriotic-ukrainians-tear-down-lenin-statue-116479|publisher=artnet|date=September 29, 2014|title=Patriotic Ukrainians Tear Down Lenin Statue}}</ref> or transforming them into characters. The country has removed all 1,320 statues of Lenin. Ukraine has successfully carried out the process, similar to other post-communist countries like [[Hungary]], and unlike Russia. |
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| | In 2023 the Marxist [[Hammer and Sickle]] symbol was removed from the emblematic ''Mother Ukraine'' giant statue being replaced by the national coat of arms,<ref name=Motherland>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-strips-hammer-sickle-gigantic-motherland-monument-replace-state-trident|title=Ukraine strips hammer and sickle from gigantic 'Motherland' monument, replace with state trident|date=August 8, 2023|publisher=Fox News}}</ref> the trident. | | In 2023 the Marxist [[Hammer and Sickle]] symbol was removed from the emblematic ''Mother Ukraine'' giant statue being replaced by the national coat of arms,<ref name=Motherland>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/ukraine-strips-hammer-sickle-gigantic-motherland-monument-replace-state-trident|title=Ukraine strips hammer and sickle from gigantic 'Motherland' monument, replace with state trident|date=August 8, 2023|publisher=Fox News}}</ref> the trident. |
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| | ==Language, Religion, Culture== | | ==Language, Religion, Culture== |